MTSU senior Rachel Bennett uses a computer at the school's James E. Walker Library in July. The Tennessee Board of Regents reported MTSU's enrollment for fall 2013 as 23,881.

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Middle Tennessee State University has the largest class of new freshmen and the largest population of new transfer students among the six universities in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, according to preliminary counts released Monday.

MTSU's new freshman population increased by almost 2 percent over last year, growing to 3,179 as of the 14th day of classes, the date TBR uses as the system's enrollment snapshot. The university welcomed 1,907 new transfers, the most of any TBR school.

"We are pleased that our number of new freshmen has increased," said Deb Sells, vice president for ...